Which to use
“criticada” and “criticados” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,314
- “criticada” frequency rank
- #42,367
- “criticados” frequency rank
- 64681
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | criticada | criticados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de criticado, participio de criticar. | Forma del plural de criticado, participio de criticar. |
Where the eye mixes criticada and criticados
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. criticada runs 9 letters (CCVCVCVCV) against criticados's 10 (CCVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between criticada and criticados
A purely visual mix-up. criticada ([kɾit̪iˈkað̞a]) and criticados ([kɾit̪iˈkað̞os]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
criticada is recorded at frequency rank #22,314, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [kɾit̪iˈkað̞a]. criticados is at rank #42,367, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [kɾit̪iˈkað̞os].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 64681, this pair ranks #44,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of criticada vs criticados
Shared letters: acdirt. Private to "criticada": -. Private to "criticados": os.
"criticada" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCV · "criticados" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- criticada ← ccriticada · cirticada · criitcada · critciada · critiacda · criticaad · criticadda · criticcada
- criticados ← ccriticados · cirticados · criitcados · critciados · critiacdos · criticaddos · criticadoss · criticadso
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "criticada" for "criticados" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "criticada" or "criticados" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "criticada" and "criticados" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "criticada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "criticados" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #44,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "criticada" and "criticados" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "criticados vs criticamos". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #44,890 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.